Hi all, thanks for the community updates. Here is
the report I submitted, please let me know of
any additional feedback.
thanks,
bryan
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## Description:
The mission of the Apache DB project is to create and maintain
commercial-quality, open-source, database solutions based on software licensed
to the Foundation, for distribution at no charge to the public.
The Apache DB TLP consists of the following subprojects:
o Derby : a relational database implemented entirely in Java.
o JDO : focused on building the API and the TCK for compatibility
testing of Java Data Object implementations providing data
persistence.
o Torque : an object-relational mapper for Java.
## Project Status:
Current project status: Ongoing, with moderate activity
Issues for the board: none
## Membership Data:
Apache DB was founded 2002-07-16 (22 years ago)
There are currently 48 committers and 46 PMC members in this project.
The Committer-to-PMC ratio is roughly 1:1.
Community changes, past quarter:
- No new PMC members. Last addition was Max Philipp Wriedt on 2024-07-03.
- No new committers. Last addition was Max Philipp Wriedt on 2023-04-14.
## Project Activity:
Recent releases:
Torque 6.0 was released on 2024-05-22.
Derby-10.17.1.0 was released on 2023-11-14.
Derby-10.16.1.1 was released on 2022-06-15.
This fall, all the Apache DB communities continued their normal
development work.
The Torque community incorporated some fixes in code
(e.g TORQUE-368) and an ongoing discussion for a new
illustrative use case (TORQUE-369).
In the JDO community, work continued on adapting the release
process to incorporate the SBOM files for improved security
transparency. The community also continue to work on moving
to JDK 11 as the lowest supported version.
The Derby community is working on verifying compatibility
with Open JDK 24 in DERBY-7171. This release of Java
removes several long-deprecated features from the Java platform.
There was some discussion about the challenges of updating
older releases to incorporate security fixes.
## Community Health:
Community health across all three Apache DB communities
was low, but was typical for these stable, mature projects.
